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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>62538</law_id><section_number>13.1-1092</section_number><catch_line>Relation of operating agreement, this article, and the other articles of this chapter</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>13.1-1093</reference><reference>13.1-1094</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="13.1">Corporations</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="12">Virginia Limited Liability Company Act</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="16">Protected Series</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> Except as otherwise provided in this section and subject to &#xA7;&#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Additional limitations on operating agreement" href="/13.1-1093/">13.1-1093</a> and <a class="law" title="Rules for applying other articles of this chapter to specified provisions of this article" href="/13.1-1094/">13.1-1094</a>, the <span class="dictionary">operating agreement</span> of a series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> governs: <a id="paragraph-228065" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1092/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> The internal affairs of a protected series, including:
				a. Relations among any associated <span class="dictionary">members</span> of the protected series;
				b. Relations among the protected series and (i) any associated <span class="dictionary">member</span> of the protected series, (ii) any <span class="dictionary">protected series manager</span>, and (iii) any <span class="dictionary">protected series assignee</span>;
				c. Relations between any associated <span class="dictionary">member</span> and (i) any <span class="dictionary">protected series manager</span> or (ii) any <span class="dictionary">protected series assignee</span>;
				d. The rights and duties of a <span class="dictionary">protected series manager</span>;
				e. Governance decisions affecting the activities and affairs of the protected series and the conduct of those activities and affairs; and
				f. Procedures and conditions for becoming an associated <span class="dictionary">member</span> or <span class="dictionary">protected series assignee</span>; <a id="paragraph-228066" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1092/#A1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> The relations among the protected series of a series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>, the series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>, and any other protected series of the series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>; and <a id="paragraph-228067" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1092/#A2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Relations between:
				a. The protected series, its <span class="dictionary">protected series manager</span>, any associated <span class="dictionary">member</span> of the protected series, or any <span class="dictionary">protected series assignee</span> of the protected series; and
				b. A <span class="dictionary">person</span> in the <span class="dictionary">person</span>&#x2019;s capacity as: <a id="paragraph-228068" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1092/#A3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A31" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A <span class="dictionary">member</span> of the series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> who is not an associated <span class="dictionary">member</span> of the protected series; <a id="paragraph-228069" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1092/#A31"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A32" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A <span class="dictionary">protected series assignee</span> or <span class="dictionary">protected series manager</span> of another protected series; or <a id="paragraph-228070" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1092/#A32"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="A33" class="indent-2"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> An assignee of the series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>. <a id="paragraph-228071" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1092/#A33"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If the provisions of this chapter other than in this article restrict the power of an <span class="dictionary">operating agreement</span> to affect a matter, the restriction applies to a matter under this article according to the rules stated in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Rules for applying other articles of this chapter to specified provisions of this article" href="/13.1-1094/">13.1-1094</a>. <a id="paragraph-228072" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1092/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the Commonwealth other than this article contains a prohibition, limitation, requirement, condition, or other constraint pertaining to a <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>, a <span class="dictionary">member</span>, a manager, or other agent of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>, or an assignee of the <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span>, except as otherwise provided in the <span class="dictionary">law</span> of the Commonwealth other than this article, the restriction applies according to the rules stated in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Rules for applying other articles of this chapter to specified provisions of this article" href="/13.1-1094/">13.1-1094</a>. <a id="paragraph-228073" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1092/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D"><p><span class="prefix-number">D.</span> Except as otherwise provided in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Additional limitations on operating agreement" href="/13.1-1093/">13.1-1093</a>, if the <span class="dictionary">operating agreement</span> of a series <span class="dictionary">limited liability company</span> does not provide for a matter described in subsection A in a manner permitted by this article, the matter is determined in accordance with the following rules: <a id="paragraph-228074" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1092/#D"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> To the extent that this article addresses the matter, this article governs; and <a id="paragraph-228075" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1092/#D1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="D2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> To the extent that this article does not address the matter, the provisions of this chapter other than in this article govern the matter according to the rules stated in &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Rules for applying other articles of this chapter to specified provisions of this article" href="/13.1-1094/">13.1-1094</a>. <a id="paragraph-228076" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/13.1-1092/#D2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2019, c. 636.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
